KO robotics team wins top awards

West Hartford – The Kingswood Oxford robotics team accepted top awards from two First Tech Challenge (FTC) competitions in February.
At the Connecticut State Championship, KO's team won the "Promote" video award for the best one-minute public service announcement response to the question, "What will we take away from FIRST?"
The Wyverns were also runners-up for the "Motivate" award, celebrating FTC spirit through team spirit and enthusiasm; the Rockwell Collins "Innovate" award, celebrating ingenuity and inventiveness; and the "Inspire" award, the highest honor of the tournament.
At the VT State Championship, the Wyverns won the PTC Design award in recognition of design elements in their robot that were both functional and aesthetic (the team used Computer-Aided Design software in the modeling of the KO robot).
PHOTO: Sen. Richard Blumenthal congratulates some members of KO's award-winning robotics team (from left) Mike Sequino, Grant Kravetz, Julian Lombardi, Claire Halloran, KO teacher Brenda Semmelrock, and Chris Carangelo.